Ansai Shin-ichi, Kimura Tetsunori, Hayashi Masahiro
Sapporo Institute for Dermatopathology, Sapporo, Japan.
Am J Dermatopathol. 2007 Feb;29(1):68-71. doi: 10.1097/01.dad.0000245197.80847.1b.
A rare, fatal case of verrucous carcinoma on the labia majora of a 65-year-old woman is presented. Histopathologically, the neoplasm was repeatedly diagnosed as a verruca over the course of many years. A diagnosis of verrucous carcinoma was rendered only after the documentation of lymph node metastasis. Although most cases of verrucous carcinoma have a favorable prognosis, this case illustrates that verrucous carcinoma can metastasize even when the neoplasm is superficially situated and the histopathologic findings are subtle.